SPL Transient Designer Plus

About

A compressor is a threshold-dependent device, meaning it only reduces the level of a signal when it breaches the compressor's threshold level. Unfortunately, if you wanted to take the edge off all the peaks of a jazz drummer's dynamic snare recording, a compressor would apply more gain reduction to loud transients than quiet transients. However, thanks to SPL's Differential Envelope Technology, you can consistently sculpt the volume envelope of transients, regardless of their peak level.

Instead of attempting to dial in a compressor's threshold, hold time, and various other settings, all you need to focus on is the SPL Transient Designer Plus's Attack and Sustain knobs. The Attack knob amplifies or attenuates the initial part of transients, while the Sustain knob amplifies or attenuates the tail-end of transients. There's also a Sidechain Filter that rejects parts of a signal to prevent them from being processed, allowing you to target specific components of a drum bus—like the kick drum.

Features

• SPL's Differential Envelope Technology.
• Separate controls for Attack and Sustain.
• Process stereo track channels independently.
• A soft clip limiter that helps prevent digital clipping.
• Parallel processing functionality.
• Internal and external sidechain.